At a service held in St Michael’s Parish Church, Shankill Road, Belfast, on September 5, John Lowden was ordained Deacon for the parishes of St Michael and St Stephen with St Luke, Belfast by the Bishop of Connor, the Rt Rev George Davison.
In this week’s episode of ‘People and Places’, we join the Diocesan Youth Officer Hilda Connolly on a day out with one of the youth groups.
On Sunday evening, 5th September, the Revd John Addy, the Revd Adam Norris and the Revd Xanthe Pratt were ordained for local ministry in the Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh.
Relatives of three RAF crewmen, who died when their plane crashed in a field in Ballykelly during the Second World War, attended a commemoration event on Sunday afternoon during which a memorial stone was unveiled by members of the men’s families and dedicated by the local Rector, the Rev Canon Harold Given.
The Archbishop of Armagh, the Most Revd John McDowell, has appointed the Revd Ruth Murray, Rector of Woodschapel, as Diocesan Director of Ordinands (DDO). Ruth succeeds Canon Bill Adair, who has stepped down as DDO after almost 10 years acting in that capacity.
The heritage of St Ninnidh’s Church, in the Church of Ireland’s Parish of Inishmacsaint near Derrygonnelly, will be outlined in a special exhibition and open days in early September.
Bishop Andrew Forster joined the Bishop of Derry, Dr Donal McKeown, and other clergy at the funeral of Mrs Pat Hume in St Eugene’s Cathedral in Londonderry today.
Like many other Confirmation Groups, the Templebreedy Candidates had mostly met via Zoom over the course of the last year. They planned a summer gathering when restrictions would allow, and to that end they met on Saturday, 28th August, at Farren Wood Zipit Forest Adventure.
President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina recently visited Carraig Eden in Greystones as their first public engagement since the Covid–19 pandemic.
The death has taken place of the Rev Gordon Freeman, a former Rector of the Ardara group of parishes.
